"I think we just found Katherine."
If its one thing the Salvatore's cant do, its take a hint. How many times must Elena push them away for them to finally just give up? I get it, being persistent may hopefully help Elena turn her humanity on. But in the meantime there are going to be many casualties. I'm not complaining cause the more the brothers bond over Elena's "problem" the snarkier their comments get toward each other. The love just keeps bursting. Unfortunately, the thing with Elena is that she isn't blind to just how far away from herself she's really gone. She enjoys being the "bad bitch." Yet, this episode compared that she doesn't stand a chance next to Katerina.
Katherine's presence makes any episode worth watching because Katherine is brilliant. After 500 years of running, you kind of have to be, but still she plays rough. She found herself a small little town and compelled all the people in it to allow her to feed on them. She even compelled one of the towns folk to hold onto the cure for her. The trick that the people had no idea who Katherine was, if they weren't looking directly at her was very crafty. When Rebekah spoke, the townsfolk had no idea who Katherine was. When they saw Elena they remembered everything. But Katherine hasn't changed much anyways. Her disregard for any living or dead creature beyond herself is still present. She's up to her old manipulation. She's using Elijah, well rather his feelings for her, to have him bargain with Klaus. She has the cure only because its her guarantee at finally bargaining a deal with Klaus to set her free. I'm not sure why she's still so scared of Klaus. He hasn't been on her case since like season 2. He has much bigger things to worry about at this point. If she had known he needed the curse to survive though, she wouldn't have let Elijah just walk away with it. At this point no one needs the cure more than Klaus, whose being sabotaged by Silas.
It was really interesting to see the levels of hierarchy that played within the trio this week. Elena is obviously lowest on the chain. She may be a bad ass without her humanity, but compared to the other two, she was like a rabbit amongst tigers. She couldn't even fool Elijah into thinking she's Katherine because she lacks that Petrova spunk. Katherine is bigger, better and stronger than Elena, but not when Elena has her sidekick, Rebekah, an original. When it comes to brains though, Katherine has each and every one of her steps planned out. I was actually quite shocked to see how quickly Rebekah took the "cure." Despite how horrible being human is made out to be, she really just wants to live a plain Jane lifestyle. It didn't occur to her that the cure could have been fake or spiked, she just went for it. I was also surprised by Elijah and his dedication to finding the Katerina he fell in love with. So many years later and he still has hope that he could flip her switch back on. It might have worked though because by the end, it really seemed like she turned a new leaf by giving Elijah the cure and letting him do with it as he pleased. Will he give it to his sister, who really wants to be mortal, or return it to Klaus and ask for Katherine's freedom? He would be stupid to trust the broad, no matter how reformed she says she is.
While Katherine was doing some soul searching and trying to make amends with the people she "loves," Elena was just downright over it. She made it clear that she wasn't standing for any of this feelings crap, and she wasn't about to turn her humanity back on. This carefree life has gotten the best of her. Even Elijah's speech about compassion couldn't convince her. Damon won't stop fighting because he just want's Elena to feel again and hopefully feel for him. Stefan won't stop fighting because he feels personally responsible. Yet after repeating history time and time again, Stefan has the right idea of just letting it all go and living life up. What's the point of all their hard work when it just goes un-appreciated? Skip that Mystic Falls mumbo jumbo and go travel the world. At this point how to you go back to pretending none of this happened? That Elena didn't snap your neck in New York, that she didn't toy with your feelings, that she didn't steal your car, that she didn't kill people just for the fun of it. Yeah I'm talking to you Damon.
Silas is one scary and powerful creature. With the ability to become anything and anybody, while getting into people's minds is cryptic. He had Klaus convinced that a piece of the white oak ash was stuck in his body and was killing him slowly. From the promo's I had hoped that Klaus was shirtless for a much naughtier reason and Caroline wasn't trying to teach him a lesson, but tit for tat. Silas also took over Caroline's body (or was it just a hallucination) to scare Klaus into doing what he wanted, which leaves us wondering how else can he manipulate the rest of the gang? Caroline (the real one) came to Klaus's aid and got his mind off of the pain, which ending up being all in his head. Their heated argument and the tension between those two. Whew is it hot in here? I longed for Klaus to just grab her and kiss her, but i'll be patient. She's still trying to bargain for Tyler's freedom. Clearly, its not an easy thing to do. If Caroline (whom Klaus loves) can't seem to convince him, I don't see how Elijah could. Except for the fact that Elijah has the cure, which is the one thing keeping Klaus safe from Silas. Although if Silas were to kill Klaus, everyone he turned would also die with him. Silas would than do his spell that destroys the other world and everyone would come back to life. Doesn't it all come full circle? Yes, I assume there is a catch.
All in all, the episode was a nice little reunion. The cure is like a hot potato, bouncing from one person to the next. Each person has motives and ulterior motives for taking/ giving up the cure but its ultimate destination; Klaus. They also have so sides to them, you could literally peel them back like an onion to uncover new personality traits. The plot with Bonnie was left untouched. For all we know she's sitting at home with her father clueless about anything that's happening. Elena cannot be saved, although the episode implied that the brother's wont try until they succeed. Katherine is back and I'm glad to say that she is still way better than Elena at life. The plot line with the cure is slowly starting to fizzle out. Either Silas gets it or he doesn't. What else could possibly happen? With all the originals back in town, I sense the pilot is coming up really soon. Possibly when the show picks up April 18? Prom is a big time in a girls life, especially when you're a vampire. Caroline will definitely plan a kick ass prom, but who will she go with? Klaus? Will Elena take both Salvatore brothers? Will Rebekah finally get to go to a school dance properly? Festivities are usually a time when things really hit the fan in Mystic Falls. The possibilities are endless, just as long as we don't end up with a dead prom queen.Memorable Quotes
- Rebekah: Why are we stopping?
- Elena: We searched three cities in the last 24 hours. I'm sick of top 40 radio and I smell like leather.
- Rebekah: Conniving little bitch compelled the whole town!
- Damon: Remind me to send her some mini muffins.
- Damon: Screw the mini muffins, I'll get champagne.
- Damon: Elena without humanity is a stone cold bitch and I won't trust her till we get the old Elena back.
- Rebekah: I couldn't agree more. You've chosen a beautiful place to die.
- Katherine: So sad for the boys though. Their special snowflake of human frailty; gone.
- Damon: That guy got his neck snapped in New York and this guy is royally pissed off.
- Rebekah: You're loosing your touch evil one.
- Caroline: Oh you do have a heart. Oh my bad its just a bloody rib.
- Damon: Wow a quilt and a fish aquarium. Who the hell are you?
- Damon: Did it ever occur to you that your not that deep?
- Damon: Sorry Rebekah didn't have a pony to distract her.
- Elijah: It'd be a shame if the world lost a soul as compassionate as yours.
- Elena: Your compassion is a gift Elena. Carry it with you always and forever.
- Katherine: Oh come on she could use a nap. It must be exhausting being me.
- Damon: I had a moment of weakness Stefan. Thats my thing. Its like me and you falling for the same girl. Its our thing.
- Stefan: Was our thing.
- Elijah: You don't have a smart brother. Turn's out I'm just as stupid as the rest of you.
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